What significant geological feature was discovered running down the center of the Atlantic Ocean basin when the ocean floor was accurately mapped?

A massive, thousands-of-miles-long mountain range

A series of deep, isolated trenches

A large, circular impact crater

What is the process by which new oceanic crust is formed at a mid-ocean ridge?

Magma rising from the mantle and solidifying

Collision of continental plates

Which of the following patterns is observed when examining a map of the age of the seafloor?

The youngest crust is at mid-ocean ridges, as you move away the crust gets older and older.

The oldest crust is at mid-ocean ridges, as you move away the crust gets younger and younger.

The age of the seafloor is the same everywhere.

In the process of seafloor spreading, where does molten material rise from the mantle and erupt?

along the edges of all the continents

Which of the following best describes the process of seafloor spreading?

Magma rises, cools, and solidifies to form new rock as plates move apart.

Plates collide and form mountains.

Earthquakes occur due to plate movement.

Volcanoes erupt at plate boundaries.

What two processes combine to form the theory of plate tectonics?

Continental Drift and Seafloor Spreading

Mountain Building and Earthquakes

Volcano Formation and Ocean Currents

APPLICATION QUESTION: Jorge is investigating how ocean basins change over time. He knows that mid-ocean ridges are found in ocean basins. Which of the following statements about mid-ocean ridges and ocean basins is most accurate?

The crust at a mid-ocean ridge is younger than the crust in an ocean basin far from a mid-ocean ridge.

Ocean basins are most active in places where there are no mid-ocean ridges.

The pushing together of tectonic plates creates ocean basins and mid-ocean ridges.

. A volcano is less likely to occur at a mid-ocean ridge than in another part of an ocean basin.

Evidences of Plate Tectonics

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